School: Cill Mháille (C.), Inis (roll number 14469)
- Location:
- Kilmaley, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Nóra Ní Asaoid
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Burke the lightning came down the chimney and went out through the end of the house.A girl of the family was bringing in a tin-can of water when the lightning struck the tincan in her hand and bent it, but luckily nobody was injured.
About eighteen years ago a great shower or what it seemed to be a cloudburst fell in the townlands of Kilclogher and Cahermore it lasted about an hour causing great damage to various crops in the locality.
A great drought which lasted over three months set in about fifty years ago.People suffered a great deal for want of water ,very few wells but dried up,and cattle had to be driven miles to drink water .The information was give to me by my father. - On Sunday night the 6th of January,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kitty Cahill
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Sullivan
- Relation
- Not a relative
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rathcrony, Co. Clare